کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5054501 | 1476535 | 2013 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
- We investigate the differences between real-time and ex-post output gap estimates.
- We construct a new international real-time dataset.
- Real-time output gap estimates can be well approximated by quasi real-time methods.
- The results are robust to the use of various detrending methods.
- Reliable real-time output gap estimates can be constructed with revised data.
This paper investigates the differences between real-time and ex-post output gap estimates using a newly-constructed international real-time dataset over the period from 1973:Q1 to 2012:Q3. We extend the findings in Orphanides and van Norden (2002) for the United States that the use of ex-post information in calculating potential output, not the data revisions themselves, is the major cause of the difference between real-time and ex-post output gap estimates to nine additional OECD countries. The results are robust to the use of linear, quadratic, Hodrick-Prescott, Baxter-King, and Christiano-Fitzgerald detrending methods. By using quasi real-time methods, reliable real-time output gap estimates can be constructed with revised data.
Journal: Economic Modelling - Volume 33, July 2013, Pages 713-721